One cannot dictate an aphorism to a typist. It would take too long.

There are writers who can express in as little as twenty pages what I occasionally need as many as two for.

News reports stand up as people, and people wither into editorials. Clichés walk around on two legs while men are having theirs shot off.

Penalties serve to deter those who are not inclined to commit any crimes.

The triumph of morality: A thief who has broken into a bedroom claims his sense of shame had been outraged, and by threatening theoccupants with exposure of an immoral act he blackmails them into not bringing charges for burglary.

The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life.

If someone calls me vain and mean, I know that he trusts me and has something to confess to me.